Clothes-wringer



(No Model.) 2 sheets-Sheet 1. G. 1). RICHARD. CLOTHES WRINGER No. 453,348. I Patented June 2, 1891.

(No Model.) 2 'Sheets--Sheet 2.

G. D. RICHARD.

. CLOTHES WRINGER.

N9. 453,348. Patented June 2,1891.

. l Emacs e a GEORGE D. RICHARD,

CLOTHES- ATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,318, dated June2, 1891.

Application filed January 21, 1891. Serial No. 378,557. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

I 3e it known that I, GEORGE D. RICHARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinols, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Wringers, of which I removed from and replaced in the frame when is desired to cleanse them, which cleaning is often necessary on account of the dye or stain from garments of color which adheres to the rollers and is liable to discolor other garments.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to Inake and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings,

' in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of awringer with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a detail view of a bearing-block.- Fig. 3 is a similar view of asecuring-plate. Fig. dis a plan view showing the securing-plates removed and a portion of the frame turned to allow the rollers to be taken out. Fig. 5 is an end View in elevation showing a portion of the frame partly turned down. Fig. 6 is asimilar view of a modification.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

A A represent the end pieces of the frame, which are bifurcated at their upper and lower portions. The upper bifurcations are made to receive and retain the rollers B B, which have their bearing in the end pieces, and the springs C, which are placed above the rollers and guided in their upward or downward movements by the said bifurcations. The

lower ones are to permit the device being secured to the rim of a tub or other support by means of the clamp-screws D and plate D.

As seen in Figs. 1 and 5, the upper portions of the frame are secured together by a piece B, which piece is rigidly secured to the inner surface of the hinged parts A of the end pieces'A, thus horizontally bracing them, and the lower part is likewise braced by a piece 0, through which piece the clamp-screws D- pass and engage with the plate D, which plate has two or more guide-pins a rigidly secured to its outer surface and pass freely through openings 0. in the piece 0', thus guiding the plate D.

At a proper distance below the upper surface of the lower roller, and to the end pieces A, is secured a piece F, which inclines from the roller downward and serves to carry the garments a sufficient distance from the rollers to prevent them becoming entangled there- 'with. The parts A are hinged at their lower ends to the rear portion of the upper bifurcated part of the end pieces A, and are provided at their upperends with screw-threaded sockets for the engagement of thumb-screws G. The top of the front portion of the upper bifurcated part of the end pieces A is provided with similar sockets fora like purpose.

H H are securing-plates of the proper length and size to extend from the outer surface of the pieces A to the outer surface of the upvided with open slots 0 or recesses to engage with the thumb-screws G when it is desired to secure the upper part of the frame together. The inner surfaces of the upper bifurcation of the frame and pieces A are formed with grooves d for guiding the bearing-block I, which is provided on each side with a projection cl to fit the groove and to allow the block to rise or fall, as is apparent. The rollers B are preferably made of rubber, and are mounted on metal shafts in the usual way, which shafts have at each of their ends co gears E, which mesh with each other when turned by means of an ordinary crank-handle E, which is secured to one of the shafts for operating the rollers.

\Vhen the rollers are in position in the frame, as shown in the drawings, the blocks per front part of the pieces A, and are pro- I, having the projections d thereon, are placed in the hpper bifurcations of the frame A, when the projections (1 will fit in the grooves d, and the recessed part (1 of the blocks I will rest over the upper roller. The ends of the lower piece, forming a part of the spring 0, will rest on each of the blocks I, and will serve to hold the rollers in horizontal alignment or parallel with each other, except when the thicker portion of a garment passes between the rollers near their ends, when the spring will yield sufliciently to allow it to pass through. The spring 0 may be composed of' one or more pieces of suitable material, which extend from one end of the frame to the other. The lower piece, which rests on the blocks 1, is preferably formed with its lower surface straight and beveled toward each end on its upper surface, while the intermediate piece is similarly formed, but is inverted in its position. The upper piece is formed in the shape of an ordinary scat-spring, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In order to prevent the springs being displaced when the frame is opened to allow the removal of the rollers, a band K of suitable size is placed around the springs at their middle. Through the upper part of this band is passed a screw L for governing the tension of the springs. Vhen it is desired to remove the rollers to clean them, one of the thumb-screws G at each end of the frame can be loosened and the parts A turned down to the position shown in Fig. 5, or, if desired, entirely down, when the rollers can be easily taken out and replacedr It is evident that when the thumbscrews are loosened the plate H can be easily disengaged from them and as readily secured by tightening the screws on the plates H, which engage therei with by means of the slots 0.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modification in which the construction is similar to that above described, with the exception that the pieces A and the front upper portion of the end pieces A of the frame are rigidly secured to the piece B, the front portion of the end pieces being broken and hinged on the front side, as at a, instead of being hinged at .this modification the thumb-screws G are dispensed with, as are also the plates H, and the pieces A are broken at a and have pieces of metal 6, which extend down on and are secured to the rear portion of the end pieces A by means of thumb-screws M, which pass through the metal strips 6 and secure the upper portion of the frame to the lower portion thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clothes-wringer, the combination of a frame having the end pieces A A, having their upper and lower portions bifurcated, with the rollers B, having the cog-gears E, the springs C, band K, the hinged pieces A, having the thumb-screws G, and the securingplates H, having the open slots 0, all con structed, arranged, and operating substantially as set forth.

2. In a clothes-wringer, the combination of a frame having the end pieces A A, having their upper and lower portions bifurcated to receive and retain the rollers and to adapt them to be secured to a support, respectively, with the rollers having the cog-gears E and handle E, the braces B C, the springs 0, having the band K and screw L, the hinged pieces A, having the screws G, and the securing-plates H, having the open slots 0, the plate D, having the clamp-screws D, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as set forth.

3. In a clothes-wringer, the combination of a frame having bifurcated ends to receive and retain the rollers and a hinged and detachably-secured upper part thereof, with the bearing-blocks I, the rollers B, springs O, and band K, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set'my hand and affixed my seal, this 15th day of January, A. D. 1891.

GEORGE D. RICHARD. 

